When I'm Gone [Tom X Reader]

Classes

{Your POV}
You all turned out to be in a few of the same classes. You had homeroom with all of them, science with Tord, english  with Matt, history with Edd, then math and psychology with Tom. You had gym alone, unlucky for you.

It was 6th hour, your gym hour. You forced yourself to smile as you walked in and met the teacher, Ms. Knotts. She gave you a small smile as you walked in. You were the first person, surprisingly. You quickly treaded into the girls locker room.

The uniform was meh. White t-shirt, blue shorts. The bandages on your arms showed but you had an excuse-You had an aggressive cat.

You nervously shuffled out of the locker room as a few other girls sashayed in. A snow-haired girl with ice blue eyes and vampire pale skin trudged in after them. You noticed the white bandages on her forearms. You felt concerned, even though you did it yourself. But you assumed she was going through pain. You didn't approach her.

You sat on the bleachers, and far away from other people. The girl with white hair sat nearby you. She had a small candy cane hanging out of her mouth.

Where did she even get one? It's not even officially autumn!

"What're you lookin' at?" She sassed. She had a thick midwestern accent.

"Oh! I'm sorry for staring at you! I was wondering, where did you get that candy cane? They don't sell them in stores this early, do they?" You asked.

"Store? I make these. Anyway, name's Frost. Yours?" Her accent made some words almost inaudible.

"Y-Y/N." You stutter. Something about her presence made you sad. Like an aura of grief and gloom surrounded her. "So...any siblings?" You added.

She paused. When you looked at her face, you noticed that her face was clouding with sorrow and pain.

"Oh...I'm sorry for asking." You apologize.

"I'm fine." Her voice was shaking and cold. You stop talking, not like she wanted to. She just stared ahead.

"A'right kids! Time for warm ups!" The gym teacher barked. You heard a few kids grumble. Not like you could blame them. "But first, we have some new students!" She looked pointedly at you.

"I'm Ms. Knotts, for those who don't know or haven't read the sign. But now, three laps around the gym hustle!" She demanded.

Everyone got up and began to jog around the gymnasium. You jogged alone. After you completed your laps, you lined up.

~Short Time Skip~

Finally! That's over!

You dragged yourself back to the girl's locker room to change. You quickly changed and escaped the heated room.

You went to your last class, psychology. Tom was already there and patted a seat next to him. You happily sit next to him.

"You do NOT know what a nightmare science with Matt was." Tom grumbled.

"And you do not know what a nightmare GYM was." You retorted.

He laughed. "Somebody's grouchy."

"Nyah." You stick your tongue out at him. The few people were looking at you, and whispering things like 'awww' and 'they're so cute' but you didn't mind. At least they were nice things.

"Alright class, let's begin." The teacher ordered. "I am Mrs. Couff, for those who don't know."

Ah. Your math and science teacher also teaches psychology. You liked her, which was good. She was pretty savage and funny. She threw some pretty good burns.

~TOM Skip~ [Puns don't make my laziness better do they]

Yay! School's over! You can talk to Tom, play with Hazelnut and Chestnut, and hopefully NOT take a swim. You also can hang out with Edd, Matt, Tom and Tord. Then your thoughts are interrupted by the clang! of your head hitting a locker.

"Well, well, well what do we have here?" You hear a male voice say followed by laughter.

You look up to see a group of boys, varying from short to tall, who had shoved you against the locker. The boy who was talking was tall, he had a black hoodie and looked like he was a Tord reject.

You were used to this. You had experienced bullying in your previous schools. You didn't understand why they were hurting you, because you didn't do anything wrong.

You laughed.

"Are you laughing at me?" He growls angrily. "You pay for that!"

He attempted to punch you in the stomach. You caught his fist and shook your head. Your hand advanced to his wrist and switched positions with him. Now he was against the locker and you were holding him. You took this advantage to escape. You heard their footsteps from behind you as you rushed outside the school. You felt cold hands grip your wrists, making you screech in pain. The boys held you tightly, and you were hopeless as the boy you pinned to the locker stomped up to you.

"You thought you could escape me that easily?" He laughed and raised his foot to kick you. You braced yourself for impact, but nothing came. You opened your eyes to see Tom holding him down.

"Stay away from her." Tom demanded.

Tom threw the boys off you then picked you up bridal style and carried you home. You arrived at your house and jumped out of his arms.

"Thank you Tom." You say. "But I can walk."

"If you say so." He said, suspicious.

You walk into your house, only to be greeted by your father. You gulped. Tom couldn't save now.

"Where were you." He screeched.

"I was at school s-sir." You stutter. "The teachers made me stay to set some project up."

"Liar!" He screamed. He threw a beer bottle at you. You narrowly dodge, getting a few shards stuck in your shoulder. "They would've told me!"

You cry out in pain. You dash up the stairs and slam the door to your room.

You pick the pieces of glass out of your shoulder. You set the shards on your 'bed'. Your bed was actually a sheet on the floor with another sheet. You used your arm as a makeshift pillow most of the time.

You contemplated the window. You wanted to just 'fall' out the window, if it saved you from your painful life. You heard the door from downstairs open. Your father was leaving for a party with his alcoholic friends. You took this as an advantage to visit your sanctuary. You also planned to visit your deceased family's graves.

You walked out of your house and back into the woods. You heard footsteps behind you. You stopped and whipped your head around. You knew who it was.